to be as ... as they come, He's as stupid as they come.Il n'y a pas plus stupide.

to have it coming to you*
(=be about to get what one deserves)la chercher *→ anyone who falls for a chap called Angel has it coming, if you ask me→ he had it coming to him, as I warned him before I leftto get what's coming to you*finir par avoir ce que l'on mérite *→ I guarantee you, he'll get what's coming to him when it's time→ bad people get what's coming to them

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[person]to come across wellfaire une bonne impressionto come across badlyfaire une mauvaise impressionto come across as sthdonner l'impression d'être qch→ He will always come across to some as a swot→ Debbie managed to come across as more sincere, hard-working and sympathetic

(=reply later)to come back to sb on sthrépondre plus tard à qn à propos de qch→ Jen has told me she will come back to me on the date of the next meeting.Can I come back to you on that one?Est-ce que je peux te répondre plus tard?

[report, information]parvenir→ Reports are now coming in of trouble at yet another jail.

[money]rentrer→ She had no money coming in.

[fashion, new idea]naître→ Lots of new ideas were coming in.

[tide]monter→ The tide was coming in.

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come in forvt fus[+criticism, blame]être l'objet de

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come intovt fus

(=inherit)[+money]hériter de

to come into sight, to come into viewapparaître

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come off

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[button]se détacher

[stain]s'enlever

(=be successful)
[attempt]réussir

(=fare)to come off bestgagner→ it was Keown who invariably came off best→ it is the research managers who come off bestto come off worsts'en tirer le plus mal→ Older female employees come off worst

vt fus

[+drug]décrocher de→ Shaun had come off heroin

come off it!*arrête (ton char)!→ "Come off it, Hiram," and "Pull the other one!

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come onvi

[lights, electricity]s'allumer
[central heating]se mettre en marche

(=make progress)
[pupil]faire des progrès
[work, project]avancer

[winter]arriver

(=hurry)come on!allez!

(encouraging)
come on!allez!→ Come on, let's dance

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come outvi

(=leave)
[person]sortirwhen we came out of the cinemaquand nous sommes sortis du cinéma

[book]paraître
[product, film]sortirIt's just come out on video.Ça vient de sortir en vidéo.

[photo]None of my photos came out.Mes photos n'ont rien donné.

(=strike)
[workers]cesser le travail, se mettre en grève

[gay person]révéler son homosexualité→ all those gay men and women who have decided to come out over the last yearto come out to one's parentsrévéler son homosexualité à ses parents→ When I decided to come out to my parents, I was certain my mother would take the news easily.

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come over

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(=visit)passer

(=become)to come over dizzyêtre pris(e) de vertige

to come over as sthdonner l'impression d'être qch→ He came over as unfeeling, cold and arrogant